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Webster 1913 Edition

Dryad

Dry′ad

,
Noun.
[L.
dryas
, pl.
dryades
, Gr. [GREEK], pl. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] oak, tree. See
Tree
.]
(Class. Myth.)
A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dryad

DRYAD

,
Noun.
[L., Gr., a tree.] In mythology, a deity or nymph of the woods; a nymph supposed to preside over woods.

Definition 2024

dryad

dryad

English

Noun

dryad ‎(plural dryads)

  1. (Greek mythology) In Greek myth, a female tree spirit.

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Etymology

From Old French driade ‎(“wood nymph”), from Latin dryas, dryadis ‎(“dryad”), from Ancient Greek δρυάς ‎(druás, “dryad”), from δρῦς ‎(drûs, “oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *derew(o)- ‎(“tree, wood”); cf. Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdraɪəd/, /ˈdraɪæd/

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